‘The Hangover Part II’ (May 26)
Written by: Scot Armstrong, Todd Phillips and Craig Mazin
Starring: Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, Zach Galifianakis, Ken Jeong, Mike Tyson and Justin Bartha
In this follow-up to the $277 million-grossing “Hangover,” Phil (Cooper), Stu (Helms), Alan (Galifianakis) and Doug (Bartha) travel to exotic Thailand for Stu’s wedding. Stu is determined that his bachelor party not be a sequel to the last one they all attended, so he plans a safe, subdued prewedding brunch. But nothing can prepare the guys for what happens in Bangkok. Phillips returns to direct.
‘The Tree of Life’ (May 27)
Starring: Brad Pitt, Sean Penn and Jessica Chastain
Pitt and Penn play father and son in this impressionistic history of a 1950s Midwestern family with three boys from imagistic auteur Malick. The film follows the eldest son, Jack (played as an adult by Penn), from the innocence of childhood to his disillusioned adult years as he tries to reconcile his complicated relationship with his father (Pitt), seeks answers to the origins and meaning of life and questions the existence of faith. Chastain co-stars as the mother.
‘X-Men: First Class’ (June 3)
Written by: Jane Goldman, Ashley Miller, Jamie Moss and Zack Stentz
Starring: James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Rose Byrne, January Jones, Jennifer Lawrence, Oliver Platt and Kevin Bacon
Five years since the “X-Men” last appeared together on the big screen as a team, the $785 million franchise gets a reboot of sorts based on a story by the original’s director Bryan Singer. Before mutants revealed themselves to the world, and before Charles Xavier (McAvoy) and Erik Lehnsherr (Fassbender) took the names Professor X and Magneto, they were best friends discovering their powers for the first time. Together they worked to prevent a nuclear Armageddon, but in the process a grave rift opened — the start of the eternal war between Magneto’s Brotherhood and Professor X’s X-Men. “Kick-Ass’” Vaughn directs; Oscar nominee Lawrence co-stars as Mystique, and “Mad Men’s” Jones plays Emma Frost.
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